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Show Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No. 1. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6. A Joint resolution proposing an nmend ment to Wtlon 5 of Artlclo 11 of the Constitution of the State of Utah r Iftlnr to municipal corporations. Bo It enacted by the Legislature of thv Mate of t'tah two thirds vote of all tho members elected In the two House con-eurrlng con-eurrlng therein; I Section 1 That It In proposed to amend Serf ion a of Article XI. of the Conntltu- I 1 tion of the .Stat., of I'tah so that thi i Mme win read us follows Sec 5 Corporation for municipal pUr ; rosea 8haii not be created hv special laws ' The Legialature by general lawn shall pro vide for the Incorporation, orronlzatlon and cLvislfkntlon of cities nnd towns in j proportion to population, which laws may ! be altered, amended or repealed Any city may frame and ndopt char ter for It.i own government In the foi lowlm; manner- The legislative authority of the. city may. by two thirds vote of Its members and upon petition of qualified electors to I the numher of 10 per cent of atl votes cast i at the next preceding election for the of- flee of the mayor, shall forthwith provide by ordinance for the submission to the electors of the question "Shall a Com mission be chosen to frame a charter"" The ordinance shall require that the ques : tion be submitted to the electors at the next rcsrulnr municipal election. The hal lot .ontalnlnr such question shall also contain tho names of candidates for mem I hern of Ihe r, rnn ewl O,-, ...... I i . without pnrty designation. Such candl-j candl-j dates shall be nominated In the same manner as required by law for nomination of city officer?; If a m.- lorlty of tho elec ; tors voting on the question of choosing a Commission shall vote in the affirmative th-n the fifteen rnndldntes reccl Ing a majority of the votes cast at such i let tion. shall constitute the charter Commls flon, and shall proceed to frame a char ter. - Any charter so framed shall be 3Ub mined to the qualified electors of the city ot an election to bo held at a time to he determined by the charter Commission, which shall be not less than thirty days subsequent to Its completion ond distribution distri-bution among tho electors and not more than one year from such date Alternative Alterna-tive provisions may also be submitted to be voted upon seporately The Commission Commis-sion Shall make provisions for tho dlstrl bution of coplea of tho proposed charter and of r.ri alternative provisions to the qualified electors of the rlty, not less than sixty days before the. election at which it Is voted upon. Such proposed charter and such alternative provisions es are approved ap-proved by a majority of the electors voting vot-ing thereon shall become an organlo law of such city nt such time as may be fixed therein, and shall aupors'do any existing charter and all laws affecting the orir.m Izatlon and government of such city which arc now in conflict therewith. Within thirty days after Its approvs.l a copy of such charter as adopted, certified by the major and city recorder and authenticated authenticat-ed by th.- seal of such city, shall bo made In duplicnto and deposltqsi one in the office of-fice of the Sc. retcry or Stiite and the other in the office of the Cltv Recorder and thereafter all courts shall take Judi cUI notice of such charter. Amendments to anv such charter maybe may-be framed snd'submitted b) the charter Commission In the same manner as pro-vldid pro-vldid for making of charters, or may be proposed by the legislative authorlt of the city -upon a two-thirds vote thereof, or bv petition of qualified electors to a number equal to one tenth of -the total otc cast for mayor on the next preceding, election, and an such amendment may be submitted at the next regular election, and having been approved by the muJorlt of the electors otlhg thereon, shall become be-come a part of the charter at the time five,! in such amendment and shall be eer tlfled nnd filed SS provided In case of charters. Each city forming Its charter under this Section shall have, and Is hereby granted, the authority to .-xerojse all powers relat Injr lo municipal affairs, and to odont and 'enforce within Its limits, local police Sanitary and similar regulation not to .on-! fill with the general law, and no emimer Ptlor. of powers In this constitution or all) I lnw shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby conferred con-ferred but this grant of authority shall I not include the power to regulate the service serv-ice or charres of public utilities so lonip, i such regulation 13 provided for b. r.-n eral law, nor be deemed to limit or re-stri. re-stri. t the pMrer of the Legislature In mat ters of public or general inter.-sr, nor those relating to State affairs The power to be conferred upon the clt-b clt-b ,s by this Section shall Include the foi- 1 lowing: (a) To lory, assess and collect taxes and borrow money, within the limit.' pre scribed by general lan and to levy and collect special assessments for benefits . onfei r.-ii (h) To furnish all local public services; to purchase, hire, construct, own. main ' tain and operate, or lease, public utilities local In extent and use, to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise. within or without the corporate limits. property neceasarv for anv such purposes subject to restrictions imposed bj general law for the protection of other communities and to grant local public utility franchises nnd 1 regulate the exercise thereof subject to the continuing power of regulation of pub lie utilities, thlr rates and service, b tho 1 S', it.-, as Is now or may hereafter be, pro- j vlded by general law. (i i To make local public Improvements , and to acquire by condemnation or other wise, propert) within its corporate limits lim-its necessary for such Improvements; and also to acquire an excess over that needed for anv such improvement and to sell or lease such excess property with restrictions, restric-tions, in order to protect and preserve I the Improvement. fd) To Issue and sell lnnds on the se ! curlty of any tuch excena property, or of ! any .public utility owned by the city, or ! of the revenues thereof, or both in. lud Iru? Id the cose of a public utility fran-. fran-. hiss statlmr the terms upon which. In case of forc-losure tho purchaser may operate such utility Sec 2. The Serretarv of State Is here-b) here-b) directed to submit the proposed n mcnt to the electors of the State at tho j next general election In the manner provided pro-vided by law Si 0. 3 If adopted by the electors of this State, this amendm.-nt shall take cf feet on Janunrv lot, 1?2I. Approved March 18. 1919. |